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The Calvin Christian High School Africa group is trying something new...a blog! We are new to this, so we will try it out and see how it goes! :)

Our group traveling to Uganda is looking ahead to our trip which begins this Sunday. We're excited about what the future holds and look forward to seeing all that God has in store for us as we interact with the people of Uganda.

If you can remember all the way back to March, you might remember that David and I spent a week at a Trauma Healing training, learning how to lead Trauma Healing support groups with the Trauma Healing Institute’s curriculum. Since then, we have been planning to lead one of these support groups with the young people at our church. Before we left for Senegal last month, we...

These past 2 weeks, we had the opportunity to spend time in Senegal, so a few Sundays ago, we headed off to the airport and flew to Dakar, the capital of Senegal. As soon as we stepped off the plane onto the tarmac, we were delighted to feel a beautiful cool breeze blowing off the ocean. The temperature was around 30 degrees, but with the refreshing breeze, it felt more...

Easter here in West Africa was very lively and very busy! Friday evening, we had a Good Friday service at 8 o’clock (for which we arrived at 6, thinking we were right on time!). Coming from a church whose Good Friday service is a very dark, somber affair, it was very interesting to experience a service that was actually quite lively and upbeat (Jesus died to save us! What a reason to celebrate with...

In January, we had the opportunity to visit Kédougou (a town and region in South-eastern Senegal) with the World Renew team here. The point of our visit was to complete a workshop on Shalom (peace) in the church and the community with several Bissari pastors. The Bissari are a much smaller ethnic group than the Wolof, and are some of Senegal’s poorest people. We were shocked at the difference between Dakar and Kédougou. Kédougou is so green and has many...

In Tanzania, if you want something done right you ask a woman to do it. Women take part in VSL groups (Village Savings and Loan groups) and many women come out to the World Renew’s agricultural teachings. We were again humbled this past month by a great group of Mwanza women from different denominations who came together to pray, to worship, to sing and just have fun celebrating International Women’s Day.

This past week, we were privileged to attend a four-day trauma healing workshop. This workshop, put on by World Renew using a curriculum developed by the Trauma Healing Institute, is actually a “training for trainers,” specifically tailored to train others to lead workshops for church members, teaching them about walking through trauma, grief, and how to help others do the same. Learning about this was especially interesting for me (Bethany)...

Brother Lawrence said, "We must not grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who looks not on the great size of the work but on the love in it."

This trip to Haiti was called a serving and learning opportunity. While I have done a lot of learning and hopefully serving as well, it truly was I who was served. It was hot. It was dirty. But the community and community spirit of...

Our World Renew team came to Pignon, Haiti to serve and to love our neighbour, but soon realized that we were the ones being loved and served. The gracious Haitian hosts in Pignon gave us their best......a beautiful home to stay in with a generator that gave us power in the evenings, comfortable beds with all the necessities that made our stay comfortable. Our hosts spent all day preparing delicious meals for us, each one a feast. Goats were slaughtered...

We walk mountain paths, bounce and jostle in the sultry, energy-zapping heat in the dusty LandRover. Through the cacophony of Port-au-Prince, we also begin to connect with that which is Haiti. I love our team - what a blessing to be here with these sisters and brothers. Worship on Sunday with our Haitian brothers and sisters was an incredible gift. Warm relationships,hospitality, artistic expression and poverty all describe what we've experienced.